10 Huge Prehistoric Cats - Listverse
2010年12月2日 — Even today, big cats such as tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards draw admiration and fear, but some of their extinct relatives dwarf these magnificent beasts. I give you ten of prehistory’s largest, mightiest cats, some of which were …
Smithsonian Scientist Confirms Missing Link in Big Cat Evolution
After years of sleuthing for clues about where and when pantherine felids (“big cats”) originated, a Smithsonian scientist and an international team of researchers are one step closer to understanding the evolutionary history of these species.
The Oldest Big Cat, From the Roof of the World - National …
2013年11月13日 — They now know that they have found the oldest ever specimen of a big cat, one that resolves a curious conflict about when and where these iconic animals evolved.
Fossil Find Clears Up Big Cat Origins - National Geographic
2013年11月12日 — Scientists working in Tibet have discovered the oldest known big-cat fossils, supporting origins in Asia.
This Fossil Skull Unearthed in Tibet Is the Oldest Big Cat Ever …
2013年11月12日 — This Fossil Skull Unearthed in Tibet Is the Oldest Big Cat Ever Found. The fossil belongs to a newly discovered species called Panthera blytheae and is between four and five million years old
Oldest Big Cat Fossil | AMNH
2013年11月13日 — The discovery occurred in a region that overlaps the majority of current big cat habitats, and suggests that the group evolved in central Asia and spread outward, rather than originating in Africa as previously inferred from the known fossil record.
Himalayan fossils of the oldest known pantherine establish ancient ...
2014年1月7日 — Pantherine felids (‘big cats’) include the largest living cats, apex predators in their respective ecosystems. They are also the earliest diverging living cat lineage, and thus are important for understanding the evolution of all subsequent felid groups.
Leopard-like creature is the oldest big cat yet found | Nature
2013年11月13日 — The remains of Panthera blytheae extend the known lineage of pantherine cats by at least 2 million years and bolster the notion that this group of carnivores originated in Asia.
Leopardlike Creature Is the Oldest Big Cat Yet Found
2013年11月14日 — Big cats similar to today’s snow leopard have prowled the Himalayas for the last 6 million years, an analysis of newly described fossils reveals.
Ancient Himalayan 'Big Cat' Revealed | Science - AAAS
2013年11月15日 — However, the new find suggests that big cats emerged and diversified earlier and more gradually than previously thought, says vertebrate paleontologist Z. Jack Tseng of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.